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Skriven 2006-08-28 16:49:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7682.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: 58th Emmys - In Memor
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On 8/28/06 2:56 PM, "Amy Guskin" wrote:

>>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:49:43 -0400, Greg Bryant wrote
> (in article <C11896E7.DB1B%gabryant@fuse.net>):
> 
>> On 8/28/06 11:43 AM, "Joseph DeMartino" wrote:
>> 
>>> One question I have, did anyone *notify* whoever at the Television
>>> Academy is responsible for these things that Andreas had passed away?
>>> I'm not sure I'd assume that the Emmy folks have a staff dedicated to
>>> scanning the obituary columns and tracking the death of everyone in the
>>> industry every year.
>>> 
>>> Regards, 
>>> 
>>> Joe
>> 
>> 
>> Seems to me all anyone would need to do would be to read Variety on a
>> regular basis. Variety seems to always have been on top of everyone who has
>> passed. <<
> 
> This is exactly like asking why a company like WB doesn't come down on every
> fanfic writer who has a website.  They just don't have to staff to even
> _know_ about all of that stuff.  You say "all anyone would need to do," but
> you have to have someone on staff who has time in their day to simply _do_
> that.
> 
> The people who work at the various academies -- people in the office, people
> who decide on the names to be included, the people who put the footage
> together, the clerks and interns -- do not have time to sit around all day
> and surf the internet or read the Variety obits, nor have they heard of
> everyone who has ever appeared in any film or television show.  It may be
> painful to fans of a particular actor in a particular cultish genre, but it's
> the way that world works.  I was trying to explain this to some people on a
> Trek board some months ago, as they railed endlessly about the slight paid to
> DeForest Kelley by the Emmys.  There are a _zillion_ people in the film and
> television businesses, and many of them die every day, and not every name is
> as famous as others.  The people who work at those academies don't just pick
> up by osmosis who dies, and they can't count on seeing every obit -- not all
> of them _appear_ in Variety.  Not every actor is a working actor at the time
> of their death.
> 
> So yes, if you want an actor of a lesser-known stature than say, Tom Cruise,
> to be mentioned in the memorial reels, you have to _make sure they know about
> it_ at the particular academy.
> 
> I mean, sad as it might seem, imagine the cross-section of people working in
> the offices at the ATAS -- the various ages and cultures you might find
> represented there, working in a low-to-mid level administrative capacity in
> the entertainment industry -- and then try to imagine which of them might be
> able to tell you who Andreas Katsulas or DeForest Kelley were.  Probably a
> very, very small percentage, if anyone at all.  Remember, you don't have to
> love a particular industry to do clerical work in it.
> 
> Amy
> 


Sorry, Amy, I'm from Cincinnati. I know little of these things of which you
mention. We would probably be upset if they didn't mention the
(hypothetical) passing of George Clooney, because he's from near the area.

Oh, and Carmen Elektra. She's from Cincinnati.

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